This week we continue our EOG review as we focus on EOG goal 4 and 5. Goals 4 and 5 focus on probability and basic algebra concepts. This week we will break into 10 stations and students will work on 2 stations per day. Below are the stations
Station 1 - Order of Operations
Station 2 - Properties (commutative, associative, distributive, identity)
Station 3 - Writing Expressions
Station 4 - Inequalities
Station 5 - Probability
Station 6 - Combining like terms
Station 7 - Solving Equations
Station 8 - Evaluating Expressions
Station 9 - Expression EOG word problems
Station 10 - Ratios/ Equivalent fractions (we didnt cover this much in class, so students will practice a few of these type of questions in case they show up on the EOG)
Students all know that I will be checking their red folders at the end of the week to see the work that they got done during our 3 weeks of review stations. They will receive a quiz grade based on their effort / completion of the station work.
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Friday, May 11, 2012
Friday May 11, 2012
I apologize for the long break between posts as thing have been crazy busy for the last week around Holly Shelter Middle School. EOGs are fast approaching and everyone is working hard to have their students prepared for success.
This week in math class we continued our review stations. The topic this week was geometry and the coordinate plane. The five stations from this week are as follows
Station 1 - Transformations on the coordinate plane
Students plot points on the coordinate grid then reflect, translate, and rotate the image into each quadrant. There is a set of 11 questions that were to be answered after plotting the points.
Station 2 - EOG word problems
Similar to last week, students saw EOG sample questions. They were to highlight key words/ numbers, draw a picture, graph, or diagram, then solve the word problems. I provided an answer key so they could check their work when finished
Station 3 - Area and Circumference of Circles / Area and Perimeter of irregular shapes
Students were given 2 worksheets to practice finding Area and Circumference of a circle as well as finding the area and perimeter of irregular shapes.
Station 4 - Small group instruction with Mr. Culp
In our small group we used dry erase boards to practice our vocabulary and apply the vocab words to sample problems. I would give the students a vocab word, and they would draw what that word meant on their board. We also spent a lot of time finding missing angles in each type of triangle.
Station 5 - Vocabulary / Formula foldable
We all did station 5 together on Monday when we created a foldable from construction paper. We created 8 "windows" on the foldable and wrote our important formulas and vocabulary words on the foldable. Students were to refer to their foldable while working on their other 4 stations. Important information included
Area of a circle,
circumference of a circle,
Supplementary angles
Complementary angles
Area of a triangle
This week in math class we continued our review stations. The topic this week was geometry and the coordinate plane. The five stations from this week are as follows
Station 1 - Transformations on the coordinate plane
Students plot points on the coordinate grid then reflect, translate, and rotate the image into each quadrant. There is a set of 11 questions that were to be answered after plotting the points.
Station 2 - EOG word problems
Similar to last week, students saw EOG sample questions. They were to highlight key words/ numbers, draw a picture, graph, or diagram, then solve the word problems. I provided an answer key so they could check their work when finished
Station 3 - Area and Circumference of Circles / Area and Perimeter of irregular shapes
Students were given 2 worksheets to practice finding Area and Circumference of a circle as well as finding the area and perimeter of irregular shapes.
Station 4 - Small group instruction with Mr. Culp
In our small group we used dry erase boards to practice our vocabulary and apply the vocab words to sample problems. I would give the students a vocab word, and they would draw what that word meant on their board. We also spent a lot of time finding missing angles in each type of triangle.
Station 5 - Vocabulary / Formula foldable
We all did station 5 together on Monday when we created a foldable from construction paper. We created 8 "windows" on the foldable and wrote our important formulas and vocabulary words on the foldable. Students were to refer to their foldable while working on their other 4 stations. Important information included
Area of a circle,
circumference of a circle,
Supplementary angles
Complementary angles
Area of a triangle
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Tuesday May 1, 2012
This week we begin our 3 week long EOG review stations. This week will focus on EOG goal 1. I have created 4 different stations that students will complete this week. On Friday, students will take a quiz made up of questions that they should have seen at the stations. They will also receive a grade based on their participation this week. I will be checking their folders to see what they completed at each station. Below are the 4 stations they will see this week
Station 1 - Computers
Students have the opportunity to play different fraction, decimal, percent, and scientific notation games. If they answer the question correctly, they get to play a quick game. If they answer incorrectly, they do not play the game.
Station 2 - EOG word problems
I have printed sample word problems from past EOG exams. Students will have markers and highlighters to pick out key terms and numbers from each problem. They can draw a diagram, number line, or table to help solve these problems. They are encouraged to cross out unreasonable answers until they are left with the correct answer. I have provided an answer key that shows the steps to solving each problem so they can check their answers
Station 3 - Number line / Calculator Station
Students are given a number line and 27 different values that must be placed correctly on the number line. Values are given in whole numbers, decimals, and fractions. If each value is placed in the correct location, they will solve the riddle "why do sharks swim in salt water?"
Station 4 - Problem Solving / Re-teach
This station includes a worksheet of sample problems from all of Goal 1. I will be working mainly with this station answering any questions or refreshing students on how to perform these operations. Questions include...
Adding and subtracting fractions with like denominators, adding and subtracting fractions with unlike denominators, finding the percent of a number, scientific notation, prime factorization, finding the GCF, and finding the LCM
Station 1 - Computers
Students have the opportunity to play different fraction, decimal, percent, and scientific notation games. If they answer the question correctly, they get to play a quick game. If they answer incorrectly, they do not play the game.
Station 2 - EOG word problems
I have printed sample word problems from past EOG exams. Students will have markers and highlighters to pick out key terms and numbers from each problem. They can draw a diagram, number line, or table to help solve these problems. They are encouraged to cross out unreasonable answers until they are left with the correct answer. I have provided an answer key that shows the steps to solving each problem so they can check their answers
Station 3 - Number line / Calculator Station
Students are given a number line and 27 different values that must be placed correctly on the number line. Values are given in whole numbers, decimals, and fractions. If each value is placed in the correct location, they will solve the riddle "why do sharks swim in salt water?"
Station 4 - Problem Solving / Re-teach
This station includes a worksheet of sample problems from all of Goal 1. I will be working mainly with this station answering any questions or refreshing students on how to perform these operations. Questions include...
Adding and subtracting fractions with like denominators, adding and subtracting fractions with unlike denominators, finding the percent of a number, scientific notation, prime factorization, finding the GCF, and finding the LCM
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Tuesday April 24, 2012
This week we will be finishing up our final week of the cirriculum by looking at probability. Begining next week we will be splitting into small groups where every day students will be at a different station in preparation for the EOG test.
Here is what we are looking at this week
Monday- Experimental Probability: Performing an experiment to find out how likely an event is to occur
Tuesday- Tree Diagrams and Fundamental Counting Principle: Drawing a tree diagram to see all the possible outcomes of an event.
Wednesday- Compound events: What are the chances that one event happens as well as another event (chances of rolling a 1 then a 5)
Thursday- Dependent and Independent probability: Occurance of one event does or does not have an effect on the second event happening
Friday- Permutations and Combinations: An arrangement in which order is or is not important.
Since we are not spending a lot of time on probability, there will likely be a homework assignment nearly every night this week. Assignments are not long nor difficult, but students need to spend the time to get them completed so they get the extra practice they need. As always, please email me with any questions/ concerns you may have. nathan.culp@nhcs.net
Here is what we are looking at this week
Monday- Experimental Probability: Performing an experiment to find out how likely an event is to occur
Tuesday- Tree Diagrams and Fundamental Counting Principle: Drawing a tree diagram to see all the possible outcomes of an event.
Wednesday- Compound events: What are the chances that one event happens as well as another event (chances of rolling a 1 then a 5)
Thursday- Dependent and Independent probability: Occurance of one event does or does not have an effect on the second event happening
Friday- Permutations and Combinations: An arrangement in which order is or is not important.
Since we are not spending a lot of time on probability, there will likely be a homework assignment nearly every night this week. Assignments are not long nor difficult, but students need to spend the time to get them completed so they get the extra practice they need. As always, please email me with any questions/ concerns you may have. nathan.culp@nhcs.net
Thursday, April 19, 2012
Sample Quiz questions for Friday's quiz
Tomorrows quiz will include questions very similar to the following...
A circle has a radius of 4 cm, find the diameter, circumference, and area
Answers:
radius = 4cm
diameter = 8cm
Circumference = 25.12 cm
Area = 50.24 square cm
A triangle has angles of 90, 30, and "x". What is the value of x?
Answer: 60 degrees (every triangle has a total of 180 degrees)
What angle is supplementary to an angle of 60 degrees?
Answer: 120 degrees (supplementary angles have a sum of 180 degrees)
What angle is complementary to an angle of 30 degrees?
Answer: 60 degrees (supplementary angles have a sum of 90 degrees)
There will be a question that requires finding the perimeter and area of an irregular polygon (we did a worksheet on this in class today)
If students feel comfortable with the homework assignment from today, they will have no problem with the quiz tomorrow. We will take the first 15-20 minutes of class to go over the homework assignment before taking the quiz.
Here are the solutions to todays homework
1.) r = 6cm d = 12cm C = 37.68cm A = 113.04 sq cm
2.) r = 9m d = 19m C = 59.66m A = 254.34 sq cm
3.) 50 degrees (supplementary angles)
4.) 50 degrees (sum of a triangle is 180 degrees)
5.) 60 degrees (sum of a triangle is 180 degrees)
6.) Segment EF (parallel lines)
7.) Segment EA or FD (perpendicular lines)
8.) right triangle or scalene triangle
9.) P = 40 cm A = 60 sq cm
10.) P = 34 m A = 36 sq m
A circle has a radius of 4 cm, find the diameter, circumference, and area
Answers:
radius = 4cm
diameter = 8cm
Circumference = 25.12 cm
Area = 50.24 square cm
A triangle has angles of 90, 30, and "x". What is the value of x?
Answer: 60 degrees (every triangle has a total of 180 degrees)
What angle is supplementary to an angle of 60 degrees?
Answer: 120 degrees (supplementary angles have a sum of 180 degrees)
What angle is complementary to an angle of 30 degrees?
Answer: 60 degrees (supplementary angles have a sum of 90 degrees)
There will be a question that requires finding the perimeter and area of an irregular polygon (we did a worksheet on this in class today)
If students feel comfortable with the homework assignment from today, they will have no problem with the quiz tomorrow. We will take the first 15-20 minutes of class to go over the homework assignment before taking the quiz.
Here are the solutions to todays homework
1.) r = 6cm d = 12cm C = 37.68cm A = 113.04 sq cm
2.) r = 9m d = 19m C = 59.66m A = 254.34 sq cm
3.) 50 degrees (supplementary angles)
4.) 50 degrees (sum of a triangle is 180 degrees)
5.) 60 degrees (sum of a triangle is 180 degrees)
6.) Segment EF (parallel lines)
7.) Segment EA or FD (perpendicular lines)
8.) right triangle or scalene triangle
9.) P = 40 cm A = 60 sq cm
10.) P = 34 m A = 36 sq m
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Wednesday April 18, 2012
This week we will continue to focus on geometry.
Monday - Types of angles and lines (no homework)
Tuesday - Triangle properties (homework: page 67 in math workbook)
Wednesday - Perimeter of irregular shapes (homework: page 80 in workbook)
Thursday - Area of irregular shapes (homework: worksheet)
Friday - Quiz on circles, lines, angles, triangles, perimeter or irregular shapes and area of irregular shapes
I will post sample quiz questions before Friday
Also, report cards should have gone home with students on Monday. I will continue to encourage students to stay focused and do their best to improve during the fourth quarter.
Monday - Types of angles and lines (no homework)
Tuesday - Triangle properties (homework: page 67 in math workbook)
Wednesday - Perimeter of irregular shapes (homework: page 80 in workbook)
Thursday - Area of irregular shapes (homework: worksheet)
Friday - Quiz on circles, lines, angles, triangles, perimeter or irregular shapes and area of irregular shapes
I will post sample quiz questions before Friday
Also, report cards should have gone home with students on Monday. I will continue to encourage students to stay focused and do their best to improve during the fourth quarter.
Thursday, April 12, 2012
Thursday April 12, 2012
Today was our final day of our end of quarter 3 benchmark assessment. Based on what I saw while observing students work, it looks like most were selecting a lot of correct answers.
Tomorrow, we will be back to classwork where we will cover how to find the area of a circle. There will be a workbook homework assignment over the weekend.
The formula we will use to find the area of a circle is: pi x radius^2
When students return next week, we will be looking into some geometric concepts (we are not spending a lot of time on these because many are review from 4th and 5th grade).
Monday - parallel lines and angles
Tuesday - triangles
Wednesday - Perimeter of composite shapes
Thursday - Area of composite shapes
Friday - Quiz over circles, angles, and triangles
Tomorrow, we will be back to classwork where we will cover how to find the area of a circle. There will be a workbook homework assignment over the weekend.
The formula we will use to find the area of a circle is: pi x radius^2
When students return next week, we will be looking into some geometric concepts (we are not spending a lot of time on these because many are review from 4th and 5th grade).
Monday - parallel lines and angles
Tuesday - triangles
Wednesday - Perimeter of composite shapes
Thursday - Area of composite shapes
Friday - Quiz over circles, angles, and triangles
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